Dance Review: San Jose Ballet's 'Toreador'

"It's been 168 years since the premiere of August Bournonville's Spanish postcard ballet "The Toreador," but with delectable costumes and sets and loads of bright, effervescent charm, this once-lost ballet has become an attractive showcase for Ballet San Jose's deepening roster of dancers, who gave it a lively showing at the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts Thursday night.

'The Toreador' hasn't been seen since 1990, after Ballet San Jose's artistic director, Dennis Nahat, bought the sets and costumes - created originally for the Royal Danish Ballet's 1978 revival - from the Dallas Ballet, which had folded under director Flemming Flindt. Once a staple at the Royal Danish Ballet, 'The Toreador' left the active ballet repertoire in 1929 and was not seen again until 1978, when Danish choreographer Flindt revived it based on historical notes and the memories of the few people who had danced the ballet."

Read more on the SF Chronicle website.